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...family, so this may be an important target for improving health of not only the individual but their subsequent offspring...The gut microbiome – balancing the body: 3.2 Early exposure to microorganisms - The gut microbiome starts to develop in a fetus during pregnancy and continues to change rapidly during the first 2-3 years of life (Roswall et al., 2021). There are...

...family or friendship groups that are formed to meet a wide range of needs such as affection, security, support, esteem, belonging or identity. Some may be committees whose members represent different interest groups and who meet to discuss their differing perspectives on issues of interest. In this reading the term 'work group' (or 'group') is often used interchangeably...

...history – some more successful than others. Some of the earliest examples date back to 3000 BC, when the ancient Egyptians were using copper sulfate to sterilise the water used in their tonics. Zinc was also reportedly used by the Romans to promote the healing of wounds. You will consider some examples of the historical uses of metals in medicine next – starting with...

...history of past weather. What fraction of time during the last week were you in a good, neutral or bad mood? How many hurricanes of different strengths hit Florida during the last decade? This is exactly like the histogram examples shown in Figure 3. But the first analogy – ‘climate’s how you choose your wardrobe’ – implies that climate is a kind of prediction...

...history of 500 years of furniture making. There are examples of standardisation here as well, as furniture making moved from being predominately a craft activity to more likely to involve mass production and self assembly of standard components. I’m particularly interested in how new materials like plastics and new manufacturing methods like 3D printing have allowed...